Visiting Student Admissions

Get an authentic taste of Oxford as one of our registered Visiting Students, with study options available from a term (trimester) up to a full academic year.

Worcester seeks mature, intellectually adventurous undergraduates who will thrive in the Oxford environment, where students have a great deal of academic and personal autonomy. Undergraduate students currently studying in North America and China are welcome to apply: we host up to 27 Visiting Students per term, and are looking for students who’d thrive in an environment that requires lots of self-directed, focused study. If you’d like to study at Oxford, but aren’t eligible to apply for the Visiting Student programme, you might like to consider applying as an international student.

How long can I stay?

To get the full Oxford experience, and allow time to adapt to a different style of teaching and life in a new country, we strongly encourage applying for our full-year with September Seminar option. A year at Oxford is divided up into three terms (trimesters) of eight weeks, with vacations during the Christmas and Easter periods. We’re happy to receive applications for students to stay in College over the vacations once they have arrived at Worcester. You should note that vacation residence incurs additional per-night fees.

Visiting Students must follow Oxford University’s residency policy, requiring students to be based in College for the entire term. Because many Visiting Students have internships or summer jobs, Worcester will permit such students to leave at the end of 6th Week of Trinity Term (6 June 2025) but no earlier. Students seeking such permission must contact the Director of the Visiting Student Programme as soon as possible.

How do I apply?

Our applications deadline is usually late January, to start either in September of that year or the following January, depending on your chosen start date.